OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Sarasota to New York

1,047 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SRQ–LGA arrive on time 69% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate69%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay85 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled5.4%of scheduled flights

based on 541 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel5.4%
    Flights541

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline42%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)28%
  • Late aircraft24%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline48%
  • Weather41%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 29 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly SRQ → LGA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 30 min · 188 flights · limited
  • Middays79% on time · p90 30 min · 574 flights
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 85 min · 746 flights
  • Evenings69% on time · p90 95 min · 439 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 79% on time.

  • Saturdays79% on time · p90 45 min · 294 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 273 flights
  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 65 min · 273 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 60 min · 278 flights
  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 90 min · 276 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 85 min · 279 flights
  • Sundays65% on time · p90 85 min · 281 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.